Dams, Displacement and the Delusion of Development: Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965 - 2007

Contents

vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Cahora Bassa Timeline xv Chapter 1 Introduction Cahora Bassa in Broader Perspective 1 Chapter 2 The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican History An Overview 29 Chapter 3 Harnessing the River High Modernism and Building the Dam, 1965–75 57 Chapter 4 Displaced People Forced Eviction and Life in the Protected Villages, 1970–75 95 Chapter 5 The Lower Zambezi Remaking Nature, Transforming the Landscape, 1975–2007 122 Chapter 6 Displaced Energy 150 Chapter 7 Legacies 167 Notes 189 Glossary of Select Local Terms 255 Bibliography 259 Index 283 ...